Vanessa Sturman’s passion for performance, food, and the environment has driven her journey from a young age. She experienced teenage binge eating and decided to turn her life around. Vanessa’s Cambridge University education in Social and Biological Anthropology to Masters level, and her experience as a recipe creator have equipped her with a unique skill set. Her years as a Sustainability Consultant and a sought-after Behaviour Change Consultant further enable her to guide others toward lasting transformation.

Differing from many other nutrition coaches, Vanessa is an expert in the fundamental, practical, delicious, and down-to-earth aspects of implementing healthy eating without ever dieting, and in finding something that fits a busy lifestyle.

She ran a recipe website for five years and freelanced across corporates, implementing behaviour change.

Vanessa works one-on-one or in groups and delivers incredible talks and workshops for corporations, universities, and events. She is regularly invited to speak at conferences, such as at the University of Cambridge.

Featured regularly on major media outlets like Sky News and BBC Radio, I’m a leading voice in performance, health, weight management and sustainable nutrition. I empower leaders, teams and athletes to improve cognitive performance, reduce stress and burnout, build resilience, manage weight and sustain energy through sustainable nutrition, habits and behaviour changes – all tailored for even the busiest lifestyles.

New Keynote Talk for 2026

The early months bring familiar pressure to overhaul diets and budgets. Vanessa’s newest energising, evidence-based talk takes a realistic and motivating approach to building habits that last all year. It will show how small, sustainable nutrition changes deliver big wins in energy, focus and performance for busy professionals.

You’ll learn:

Simple habits that support resilience and health without quick fixes or guilt.

Nutrition’s link to focus, performance and leadership.

Enjoyable, affordable eating that cuts unnecessary spending.

Evidence-based strategies for lasting health and sustainability within a hectic schedule.

Vanessa’s Recent (2025/6) media appearances.

Vanessa Sturman | Keynote Talks

Fuel Your Leadership: Optimising Performance Through Nutrition and Simple Habits

– Discover how practical nutrition habits can help optimise your leadership skills, drive performance and help reduce feelings of burnout.
– Learn to avoid the pitfalls of neglecting your wellbeing and nutrition and how it affects your team, your business, and your overall quality of life.
– Uncover the simple yet powerful changes you can make within your busy lifestyle to help support your energy, concentration, and decision-making abilities.

The Adaptability Edge: How Nutrition Habits Keep Teams Sharp Through Change

– Why side-lining nutrition during uncertainty can affect decision-making, productivity and team performance
– Simple, realistic ways to build strong nutrition foundations so you’re better prepared when pressure rises and routines shift
– Practical, go-to food and habit options that may support energy, focus and stability in busy periods, without perfection or rigid rules

Nourish Your Mind: Support Focus and Mental Wellbeing with Delicious Food

– The power of food to support mental wellbeing and focus, without dieting, restriction or overhauling how you eat
– Simple nutrition changes that can help with concentration and everyday emotional wellbeing
– Practical, realistic tweaks to what you already eat, including eating out and on the go, that fit your schedule, your culture and your life

Sustainable Thriving: Delicious Nutrition for Performance and the Planet

– Explore the connection between personal performance, planetary impact and business performance.
– Learn how to make food choices that support your performance and concentration and contribute to a more sustainable future.
– Discover delicious, eco-conscious recipes that are kind to your taste buds, the environment and fit with your culture.

The Compound Effect of Everyday Nutrition Choices: Building Resilience for the Long Term

– Learn why quick fixes fail and how to break free from the cycle of short-term fads that can grip people and impact productivity.
– Discover how small, consistent food choices can help build sustainable habits that support energy, focus and performance for your teams and leaders.
– Uncover practical, sustainable strategies to build resilience and make day-to-day living feel easier over the long term.

Eat to Thrive: Nutrition Habits for Women’s Performance and Vitality

– Explore how nutrition habits can support wellbeing and vitality across life stages.
– Explore simple food choices and habits supporting energy, focus, and resilience for women in busy lives.
– Discover delicious, practical recipes fitting your culture and schedule.

Vanessa Sturman | Previous Talks

Enjoy the Season in Good Health: How to Indulge Without Guilt or Feeling Drained: The festive season can feel tricky. You want to enjoy food, drinks, and celebrations, but also look after your health, immunity, and budget. It’s easy to fall into a double trap: over-indulging and overspending before Christmas, then chasing quick-fix health products and regimes in January that never last and may not even be beneficial. In this session you’ll learn simple, practical food strategies and habits that work for the season without giving anything up, and that will serve you all year and help our planet. You can enjoy the festivities without guilt or stress.

Key Takeaways:

– How to enjoy festive food and drink while supporting your energy and immunity, with sustainable habits
– Why guilt and restriction don’t work and how to find your personal balance and enjoyment instead
– How to make healthy eating delicious and affordable, and where you might be spending unnecessarily
– Small, realistic tweaks to feel good now and set yourself up for the year ahead
– How to avoid common traps over the festive season and in January, like overspending, over-indulging, or chasing quick-fix health products and diets

Fuel Your Year: Sustainable Nutrition and Habits for Energy, Focus and Health: Start the year feeling good without quick fixes, guilt, confusion, or feeling you have to undo holiday eating. This practical session shows how simple, sustainable nutrition and habits can improve focus, energy, resilience and performance in busy lives. Learn what actually works in the New Year and beyond. January often comes with pressure to change everything at once, from diets to spending habits. This talk takes a more realistic approach, helping people feel good now and stay consistent throughout the year. You’ll learn how to make healthy eating enjoyable and affordable, the small changes that make the biggest difference, and how to avoid common traps like overspending or buying into quick-fix diets and products. We’ll also explore how sustainable nutrition benefits both people and the planet, and how simple, everyday habits can improve energy, focus, decision-making and resilience. This is about practical choices that fit real life and have a wider positive impact.

Key Takeaways:

– How to make healthy eating enjoyable and affordable, and where you might be spending unnecessarily.
– Small, realistic tweaks to improve how you feel now and sustain it through the year.
– How to avoid diet and ‘health-kick’ traps such as overspending or restrictive diets.
– The link between nutrition, energy, focus, performance and leadership.
– Practical, evidence-based habits that support personal health, resilience and planetary health.

Vanessa Sturman | Talk Themes

– Transformation
– Leadership
– Healthy Eating
– Sustainable Eating/Sustainability
– Performance
– Resilience/Burnout
– Mental Wellbeing
– Wellbeing
– Motivation
– Behaviour Change
– Cost of Living
– Financial Sustainability

Vanessa Sturman | Recent Events

Octopus Electric Vehicles, People Day: Delivered a keynote and workshop on gaining the performance edge at work through practical nutrition for busy leaders, connecting personal health to business results.

Cambridge University: Invited back to her University, she spoke to a small, intimate group of students about real-word nutrition, wellbeing, and behaviour change, covering how they can support themselves and the people they go on to work with.

Call +44 1753 439 289 or email Great British Speakers today to book Vanessa Sturman for your corporate event. 

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